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Community Edition - March 7, 2021

An aerial view of the CU Boulder campus. (Glenn Asakawa/University of Colorado)

From the Chancellor: University Hill large-scale disturbance March 6

The actions witnessed during an out-of-control party March 6 violated university and community standards at every level. 

Read the full message from Chancellor DiStefano

University Hill Response

  • Anyone with information to assist in the investigations now taking place can send leads via the Boulder Police Department evidence portal.
  • A city of Boulder-CU Boulder media briefing took place on the afternoon of March 7. Watch the recording.

Campus Community

A Protect Our Herd–face covering required sign at the entrance of Farrand Field

COVID-19 campus updates: March 4 edition

Safety Campus Community
Through the spring semester, campus officials are providing weekly updates. In this issue: the new CU Boulder vaccine sign-up form; CU Boulder a provider of Johnson & Johnson vaccine; reminders on university-related travel, research and event activities; and more.
On March 5, the Roser ATLAS building shines magenta––part of the state of Colorado's COVID-19 anniversary remembrance. (Photo by Glenn Asakawa/CU Boulder)

Lighting marks anniversary of Colorado's first known case of COVID-19

Scene at CU Campus Community
To honor and remember the lives lost in the past year, CU Boulder joined the state of Colorado remembrance March 5 with a magenta-colored light display from the tower of the Roser ATLAS building.
Scenes from the 2017 Integrated Physiology commencement on the CU Boulder campus.

Commencement to include in-person Grad Appreciation Days

Deadlines & Announcements Campus Community
CU Boulder will hold a livestreamed commencement ceremony May 6 to recognize the many accomplishments of graduates. In addition, as part of Grad Appreciation Days, students are invited to attend several in-person opportunities leading up to the virtual commencement events.

Discover What's Here

CU Boulder Chancellor Philip DiStefano.

This week's CU Boulder Where You Are: Inclusion in government, business and beyond

Lectures & Presentations Events & Exhibits
Join Chancellor Philip DiStefano at noon on March 9 and hear from two of CU Boulder’s top experts in diversity and inclusion in business and government––Professor Ming Hsu Chen and Professor Stefanie Johnson.
A person stressed out

What it means to disagree: Tune in March 12

Lectures & Presentations Events & Exhibits
Join another conversation with Patty Limerick, director of the Center of the American West, and Jennifer Ho, director of the Center for Humanities & the Arts.
Tom Cech

Nobel laureate to explore gene editing, COVID-19 vaccines in March 17 talk

Lectures & Presentations Events & Exhibits
Distinguished Professor Tom Cech will present a virtual lecture titled “The Magic of RNA: From CRISPR to Coronavirus Vaccines," focusing on how RNA has become better understood and how those discoveries have unlocked exciting new medical possibilities.
Erin Dolgoy

How different understandings of science influence expectations—a lecture March 22

Lectures & Presentations Events & Exhibits
Erin Dolgoy, an assistant professor at Rhodes College, examines different approaches to and understandings of modern science, what science means, what it promises, how it's practiced and what it can reasonably prove.

Research in Your Backyard

Two women hold up educational materials near a set of cash registers

Why working with gun retailers is critical in the fight against suicide

Health & Society News Headlines
A nation-wide effort first launched in New Hampshire in 2009 is enlisting gun retailers in the fight against suicide. Researchers at CU Boulder want to learn how it's working and what can be done to make it work even better.
GameStop store

Why GameStop? Why 2021?

Business & Entrepreneurship News Headlines
How could a group of small-scale investors muster the capital to force share prices up 20-fold? Two professors present a theory that suggests how that happened in “The sky’s the limit: Asset prices can be indeterminate when margin traders are all in.”
Artist's depiction of astronaut standing on the surface of Mars

Help is a long way away: The challenges of sending humans to Mars

Space News Headlines
One day, Earth will send human astronauts to Mars. A team of aerospace engineers is studying how we can get them there—and back—safely.

More Research News

Decades of Mars research laying groundwork for human astronauts

Velcro-like cellular proteins key to tissue strength

Snakeskin inspires new, friction-reducing material

Home energy proposal selected as top 3 idea for congressional budget reconciliation

Going forth with standardized tests may cause more problems than it solves

What’s really driving coal power’s demise?

NASA-funded project to explore one-of-a-kind lunar observatory

In Focus

Explore the Flatirons with these hiking tips

5 signs of depression you shouldn’t ignore

A look back at 10 concerts at CU Boulder

Campus adds 16 electric vehicle stations including Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant spaces

Helping others learn the ropes

New scholarship program promotes excellence, equity at College of Music

Exhibition highlights death in the desert

Doctoral student wins suborbital research launch competition

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